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On the men’s side, the kicks of the early round are a reminder that a Grand Slam is never about just two men, nor one.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
27 May 2026 -
Their kicks are being tracked daily, and each kick has a place in the final analysis.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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After a few words of introduction, Alexis started asking Graciela and me questions about our creative processes, about the importance of surprises in art, about the relationship between photographs and stories, about memory and mourning and pain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Coleman said riders can avoid surprises by booking early.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Hegseth largely declined to provide specifics, instead denouncing critics as defeatists, questioning their patriotism and insisting the mission had broad public support.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
29 Apr. 2026
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Here are all the biggest bombshells from The Crash documentary.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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But less attention was given to other bombshells dropped about vaccines that day.—
Patricia Callahan,
ProPublica,
19 Mar. 2026
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Alas, nitpickers can point to some moves in which Atlanta went backward.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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But Hacks never really engaged with the complexity of those disclosures, and by Kathy’s brief appearance this final season, she’s smoothed out into a trite obstacle in Ava’s quest to reboot Deborah’s old sitcom.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Musk’s post raises further questions about the company’s financial disclosures.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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The problem is that dual users are continuing to expose themselves to the toxic effects of cigarettes while adding additional exposures from vaping.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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There are some parallels with what was done with the 2014 to '16 outbreak, routing people who had potential exposures through specific airports where there were CDC staff.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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His cine-theatre can be clever but not cutting, obsessed with the reflecting mind-numbing mania of scrolling without pushing past it to more substantial revelations.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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But the latest revelations about Andrew’s role in the Epstein scandal, and his arrest for suspicion of misconduct in public office, have left the King little choice but to put some real distance between himself and Andrew, for the sake of the monarchy.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2026
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“Kickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kickers. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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